Narrative Unit Vocabulary

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narrative: A fictional story

setting: where and when a story takes place

characters: the people and/or animals that “star” in a story

characterization: the personality or portrayal of a character

dynamic character: character’s personality or maturity does change.

static character: character’s personality or maturity does NOT change

plot: the events that happen in the story, from beginning to end

conflict: a problem that the main character must try to resolve

exposition: beginning of the story; introduces the characters and conflict

rising action: the series of events leading up to the climax

falling action: the series of events after the climax

climax: the turning point of the story’s main conflict

resolution: the end of the story; tells the solution to the conflict

theme:the central and controlling idea of a story.

moral: the message or lesson of a story; what the main character learns in the end

dialogue: A conversation between two or persons (put in quotation marks)

allusion: a reference to a famous story.

sensory details: Descriptive words that trigger at least one of the 5 senses